I also find the album to be particularly fitting for falling asleep and letting the music reach you subconsciously. It has a deep meditative/trance-like dimension that can only be reached when the mind loses its grip like when you fall asleep or have a really bad fever (in the second case it becomes terrifying, and you'll find yourself feeling such things as : "but where's the ground ?").

The Necromantia / Varathron split "Black Arts Lead To Everlasting Sins" has a relaxing effect on me and is perfect to listen to in an evening or a night at loud volume, to set a favourable ambience for preparing me to sleep. A Metal album must not sound too aggressive in order to accomplish this ; and Greek BM, this split in particular, is perfect in that regard. It's heavy, but relaxed and confident. Like a spell.

Unfortunately I don't dream often, or perhaps I don't remember dreams. So I haven't experienced dreams after having listened to music yet. But I could feel good when waking up, the mind cleared.

Huzzah!!!! Thank you very much. i will go about getting that album right away.

also, the split between Varathron and Necromantia is interesting. well at least Varathron's side is. i never really got into Necromantia's side. though i do find it interesting that they do not employ guitars.

If you're interested in experiments in dreaming, you can always give melatonin a try. People who sleep dreamlessly have reported to have extremely vivid dreams with this stuff and you can buy it over the counter at any pharmacy.

I might be alone on this one, but sleeping with music on is really troublesome for me, unless I've just smoked tremendous amounts of marijuana.

Personally, I prefer the Ensemble Modern recording of Music for 18 Musicians; I'll try to get it ripped and uploaded. Nonesuch do an amazing job of the piece, too, though -- it's just personal preference.

If you're interested in experiments in dreaming, you can always give melatonin a try. People who sleep dreamlessly have reported to have extremely vivid dreams with this stuff and you can buy it over the counter at any pharmacy.

I wouldn't recommend this. I've used melatonin over the course of some months to help combat sleeping problems, and while it did a decent job at that, it also made me extremely tired and sleepy during the overall day. Of course this all differs from person to person, but it's not worth it really.

This is indeed true, but I like Heresy more for its occult, arcane, horroresque nature whereas TPWTBSH is more outer-spacey... Honestly, I can't get myself to say either is "better."

When I first bought Heresy, my psyche lapsed into a ritual: every time I heard for it about three weeks, I passed out around the beginning of the second track, and by the time something happens on track 3 (anyone who has heard this album knows what I'm referring to), I wake up, confused.

Lustmord's collab with Robert Rich, Stalker, is EXCELLENT and adds a naturalistic dimension, unfound elsewhere in his canon. It's PERFECT for early morning hours..